CRM/LAW C149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mental Health Law, Mental Disorder, Psychopathology
28 Mar 2019
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Age, gender, child abuse, father absent, offense history. Fit actuarial risk models, like those of insurance companies. Used in clinically based assessments of risks. Dynamic factors can be targeted by treatment, so there can be a dynamic actuarial approach (including motivation to change) Static and dynamic factors can be combined in risk assessment. How meteorology can inform risk communication in mental health law. Weather forecasts are exemplary risk predictors that offer parallels for mental health practitioners on violence prediction. It is a frequent practice and there is base rate information, actuarial support, availability of feedback and education programs. It involved temporal specificity and contextual specificity. For severe weather events, there can be. Get more information, take risk management action. Monahan and steadman illustrate a risk message set . Few risk factors are present, no further inquiry or special preventative actions are indicated. Several risk factors present, gather additional info and monitor more closely than usual.
